Many kinds of home
Children see loving single parent homes, separated families, busy multigenerational households and families learning how to change together.
A TinyTales Land Story Series
TinyTales Family
Meet the children, parents, carers, teachers and neighbours of Paddington Town. TinyTales Family tells warm stories about home, school, friendship and the small moments that help children understand where they belong.
For children ages 3 to 10
Family and school stories
Character first inclusion
Stories close to home
Big feelings often arrive in ordinary moments
A school gate, a noisy kitchen, two different homes or one difficult conversation can carry enormous emotional weight for a child. TinyTales Family gives those moments time, warmth and honest consequences.
School life that feels real
Paddington Grove School becomes a place for friendship, embarrassment, courage, mistakes, quiet needs and ordinary learning.
Growth without lectures
Meaning grows through choices, conversations and consequences rather than a character simply announcing the lesson.
Inclusion with personality
Different needs and ways of thinking belong inside full characters with humour, interests, contradictions, strengths and room to grow.
The first TinyTales Family series
Where We Belong
At historic Paddington Grove School, Benny, Franklin, Hetty and Rene are each trying to grow without losing the people and places that make them feel safe. Their families love them deeply, but love does not always produce the same answer. Every story asks what belonging looks like when children need more freedom, more quiet, more support or simply the chance to be understood.
- Warm stories about family and friendship
- Ages 3 to 10
- Paddington Town and Paddington Grove School
- Gentle discussion starters for adults and children
First episode preparing
The school gates will open soon
The first Where We Belong episode will appear here automatically when its published release date arrives. Until then, meet the families and friends whose stories are beginning.
Latest Episode
Latest Where We Belong Episode
Where We Belong
Meet the core children
Four friends growing in different directions
They share a school and a town, but each child carries a different home life, worry and idea of what independence should feel like.
Bear
Benny
Warm, capable and increasingly ready to prove what he can do, even when his loving parents are not ready to loosen their grip.
Meet Benny
Fox
Franklin
Thoughtful and quietly independent, Franklin sometimes decides his worries are not important enough to share with his hardworking dad.
Meet Franklin
Hedgehog
Hetty
Lively and fiercely loving, Hetty enjoys her busy family home but sometimes needs quiet long before anybody notices.
Meet Hetty
Rabbit
Rene
Rene belongs completely to two loving homes and wants both to be understood as real, even when their routines feel very different.
Meet ReneThe wider Where We Belong cast includes parents, siblings, classmates, neighbours and Miss Lumina, with 26 TinyTales Family profiles ready to explore.
See all Family characters →A town full of pressure and possibility
The places that shape Where We Belong
Home and school do more than frame each story. Their routines, noise, history and expectations create the choices each child must face.
Community
Paddington Town
A familiar town where neighbours notice one another, family stories overlap and ordinary places carry long memories.
School
Paddington Grove School
A welcoming historic school where Miss Lumina teaches ordinary lessons and the children discover what they need from one another.
Family life
Homes with different rhythms
Quiet homes, busy homes, organised homes and spontaneous homes all become places where children learn what support can look like.
For families and educators
Stories that open a conversation
Where We Belong is designed to entertain first, then leave children and trusted adults with something honest to discuss together.
Independence and safety
Benny and his parents explore how protection can remain loving while gradually making room for a child to try, fail and grow.
Asking for support
Franklin shows how a capable child can still need care, and why hiding a worry to protect an adult can make that worry heavier.
Noise, quiet and noticing
Hetty helps families think about needs that are easy to miss when a child is cheerful, helpful or usually able to cope.
Belonging in two homes
Rene makes space for children whose lives include different routines and households without treating one home as more real than another.
TinyTales Family questions
Frequently asked questions
Helpful answers for parents, carers and educators discovering TinyTales Family and Where We Belong.
What is TinyTales Family?
TinyTales Family is a story collection inside TinyTales Land about home, school, friendship and family relationships. It focuses on recognisable childhood moments and the emotions that can hide inside them.
What is Where We Belong?
Where We Belong is the first TinyTales Family series. It follows Benny, Franklin, Hetty and Rene through life at Paddington Grove School and in their different family homes around Paddington Town.
What age is Where We Belong suitable for?
Where We Belong is created for children ages 3 to 10. Younger children can enjoy the characters and story, while older children can discuss the family choices, feelings and consequences in greater depth.
What topics will TinyTales Family explore?
Stories can explore independence, safety, friendship, embarrassment, asking for help, family change, different homes, busy households, quiet needs, school life and the many ways children experience belonging.
How does Where We Belong approach different families and neurodiversity?
Every character is presented as a whole person with interests, humour, strengths, mistakes and relationships. Different family structures and ways of thinking are part of the community rather than being treated as a single lesson or stereotype.
Where can I meet the TinyTales Family characters?
The complete Family cast can be explored on the TinyTales characters page by selecting the TinyTales Family filter. Each profile includes the character story and links to related content as it becomes available.